I experimented with a piece that is larger on one side than the other but that is still made of thin pieces of silver and is thus very light and in keeping with my earlier pieces.
I also tried to incorporate the use of enamel to create colour on the piece.
I then decided that I would make all the sections into individual links so that there would be no unnecessary additional weight in the piece and in addition this would simplify the design.
These were a few of the link designs that I experimented with.
This was the design that I finally decided on and I then experimented with different styles of enamelling using different colours and techniques.
I liked this pattern as it made use of negative space but having such a large section in the “plique-a-jour” enamelling technique would have made it very weak.
The circles also had nothing to do with my Tibetan inspiration so I changed the pattern to include the lotus petal shape that I have been incorporating into my designs .
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